The Indie Business: Compass e-course is the perfect starting point for your Indie Business journey. It takes students through eight chapters of teaching, prompts for journalling and self reflection that has been specifically developed for indieprenures both in the very first stages of starting a creative independent business, and those who are up and running and wanting to grow. The Compass is the foundation for understanding yourself, your motivation and how what you bring to the marketplace can make your business irresistible.

INSTRUCTOR: Leigh-Ann Keffer, Jill Munro & Kyla Roma

COST: $32.00 USD

START: Instant download

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In Blogging Your Way, you’ll learn about the pros and cons of blogging in a dedicated website accessible by students only, complete with podcasts, videos, plenty of reading materials and a forum where you can connect directly with Holly and co-teacher Leslie Shewring from A Creative Mint and Color Me Pretty along with fellow students. Leslie will work with you on how to style your photos for more interesting blog posts along with photography tips and tricks. You will also learn about floral arranging and other inspiring ideas to help you make your blog beautiful and original. Holly will help you to tap into your passions, carve out a unique, personal voice for your site, and inspire you to get out and make it happen! She will also lead the class on a series of topics designed to aid you in your journey online from creative writing ideas to handling negativity online, how blog advertisting works, and other topics that you won’t want to miss. For details, please refer to the course outline and the FAQ page.

INSTRUCTOR: Holly Becker and Leslie Shewring

COST: $119.00 USD

START: 28th February 2011

LINK: Click HERE

• Before the course starts, you’ll learn how to install WordPress.
• Week 1 – Install your theme & child theme. Install all your plugins. Style your header.
• Week 2 – Style your sidebar. Style your posts.
• Week 3 – Add an email opt in. Style your navigation menu.
• Week 4 – Build out your important pages. Learn how to use the inside of WordPress.
• Week 5 – Generate resource content.
• Week 6 – Launch your site.

INSTRUCTOR: Tara Gentile

COST: $247.00 USD

START: 10th January 2011

LINK: http://websitekickstart.myindiehost.com/info.html

Throughout this class, we’ll discuss key concepts, but we’ll also blog and make scrapbook pages. The class starts with a workbook that walks you through all the technical stuff about blogging in simple steps with options to suit you. If you’re new to blogging, it will help you choose the best blogging platform for your needs. If you already blog, it will take you through applying a theme, adding custom graphics and interpreting your blog stats. That workbook, Blogging Blueprints, is something you can come back to at any time if you want to change something on your blog or reference anything technical.

INSTRUCTOR: Shimelle Laine

COST:  $15.00 USD

START: anytime

LINK: http://www.shimelle.com/classes/618/a-new-online-scrapbooking-class-blogging-for-scrapbookers/

True Stories covers fifteen different ways to approach your story and commit it to paper. You can use these prompts as a scrapbooker and see your journaling evolve to something that will be a treasure to read. You can use the prompts as a blogger to make your entries feel like honest, unique and compelling tales. Or you can just use them in general as a collection of ways to add a bit more excitement to your writing if you’re feeling like you’re in a rut of writing the same way on every project.

INSTRUCTOR: Shimelle Laine

COST: $15.00 USD

START: 25th October 2010, anytime

LINK:  http://www.shimelle.com/classes/836/online-scrapbooking-class-true-stories-journaling-for-scrapbookers-and-bloggers/

This is where Get Your Geek On — Blogging for Beginners comes in. It’s an eCourse that emphasizes Blogger setup, HTML, CSS, and the freely available tools that help you customize your blog. The goal of this e-Course is to walk you through the process of building your blog from start to finish by first understanding some basic web publishing principles.

INSTRUCTOR:  Katrina Tan

COST:  $5.00 per month while you use it.

STARTS: 3rd January 2011

REGISTER BY: anytime

LINK: http://www.puglypixel.com/2010/09/08/blog-e-course-details/